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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">The
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:black">Department of Theoretical Neuroscience
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">(Head: Prof. Daniel Durstewitz) at the
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:black">Central<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:black">Institute of Mental Health
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:black">(Mannheim)<b>
</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">invites applications for a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:#004081">PhD student position (E 13 TV-L)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:#004081"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">(50% of the fulltime weekly hours) in the newly founded research group
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:black">Data-driven network<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:black">models of higher cognitive functions
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">(Head: Dr. Joachim Hass) to be filled as soon as<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">possible. The position is initially limited for 3 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">The research group develops biologically realistic computational neural network models of the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">neocortical structures such as the prefrontal cortex and the motor cortex. These models closely<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">adhere to physiological data from both
</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial-ItalicMT;color:black">in vitro
</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">and </span>
<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial-ItalicMT;color:black">in vivo </span>
</i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">experiments and are used to study<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">higher cognitive functions such as time perception and working memory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">The successful candidate will work in the project
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:black">„The human mirror neuron system –<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:black">measurement and beyond“
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">funded by the
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:black">Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:black">Humanities</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">. The joint project of the Departments of Theoretical Neuroscience
and Clinical<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">Psychology of the Central Institute of Mental Health aims at a deeper understanding of the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">mirror neuron system in humans, which is thought to play a crucial role in social cognition by<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">representing the emotions and intentions of others in the motor cortex. The project combines<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">multimodal measurements (involving fMRI, EEG, transcranial magnetic stimulation and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">genotyping) with computational modeling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">The Central Institute of Mental Health is an internationally renowned research institute for<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">psychiatry and neuroscience as well as a clinic for psychiatry, psychotherapy and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">psychosomatics (part of the medical faculty of the University of Heidelberg). The research group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">closely interacts with neurobiologists and psychologists at the institute. The Department of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">Theoretical Neuroscience is focused on computational modeling and statistical data analysis of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">prefrontal cortex and hippocampus functions. It is one of the core research units of the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) Heidelberg-Mannheim. Access to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">high-performance computing facilities is provided.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:black">Tasks:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">The project involves the development of a rate-based, brain-scale model as well as the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">further development of an existing spiking network model of the motor cortex. The resulting twostage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">model is then being adapted to the multimodal experimental data using stochastic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">optimization techniques. In particular, the effects of the transcranial magnetic stimulation and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">different levels of dopamine and oxytocin are to be implemented in the model and directly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">compared with the experimental data. Participation in the project organization and publication<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">writing is also expected. It is also possible to participate in the analysis of the fMRI data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial-BoldMT;color:black">Requirements:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">The candidate should have a university degree (master or equivalent) in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">physics, mathematics, computer science, computational neuroscience or similar, a strong<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">interest in neurobiological research and very good programming skills (ideally in MATLAB and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">C). Good communication skills in English as well as knowledge in nonlinear dynamics,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">numerical optimization or neural modeling are also required. Knowledge in neuroscience or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">experimental psychology is beneficial.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">Applicants should sent their application documents (cover letter including a brief description of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">personal qualifications and future research interests, CV and contact details of two personal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">references) to
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:blue">joachim.hass@zi-mannheim.de</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">. Questions and informal discussions about the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:ArialMT;color:black">position are also welcome under this email address. The call is open until the position is filled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE">***</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE">Simone Seeger, M.A.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE">Administration Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE">Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE">Postfach 12 21 20, 68072 Mannheim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE">J5, 68159 Mannheim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE">Telefon: 0621/1703-1326 oder 06221/54-8310<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE">Fax: 0621/1703-2915<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE">E-Mail:
<a href="mailto:Simone.Seeger@zi-mannheim.de"><span style="color:blue">Simone.Seeger@zi-mannheim.de</span></a></span><u><span style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE">Internet:
<a href="http://www.bccn-heidelberg-mannheim.de/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.bccn-heidelberg-mannheim.de</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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